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> Traffic worsened because drivers weren't able to optimize their routes, or even get directions to their destination During Canada’s Rogers outage in 2022: >
by Scoundreller 3y ago
> Traffic worsened because drivers weren't able to optimize their routes, or even get directions to their destination
During Canada’s Rogers outage in 2022:
> In Toronto there was some dependency on Rogers. One quarter of all traffic signals relied on their cellular network for signal timing changes. The Rogers GSM network was also used to remotely monitor fire alarms and sprinklers in municipal buildings. Public parking payments and public bike services were also unavailable.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Rogers_Communications_outage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Rogers_Communications_o...
As it was summer, I recall some park programming for kids had to be cancelled because the employees were required to have a phone capable of calling 9-1-1 (but sounds like that at least still worked here)
- bostonwalker 3y agoThis is putting it mildly. The Interac network went down and no one could use their debit cards nationwide.
- Scoundreller 3y agoI'd put that on Interac single-homing itself without redundancy. Their ops are critical enough you'd expect better from them. Not the kind of shortcut Canadian banking takes for core stuff.
- tharkun__ 3y agoThe funny thing there is that Interac "did" have redundancy i.e. another network provider to fall back onto. Unfortunately they failed to notice that this was a reseller for Rogers lines.
- Scoundreller 3y agothat explains a lot
- twisteriffic 3y agoNot all of it. My credit union's interac services still worked.